emoçãovsevocarWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: emoção is a noun, evocar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“emoção” is a noun and “evocar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,828
“emoção” frequency rank
#40,121
“evocar” frequency rank
43949
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emoção evocar
Definition movimento chamar (uma entidade sobrenatural)

Letter map: emoção vs evocar

Shared letters muted; letters that set emoção and evocar apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. emoção (VCVCVV) and evocar (VCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
emoção
6 ch
evocar

Grammar separator: emoção vs evocar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: emoção is anoun and evocaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emoção is recorded at frequency rank #3,828, classified as anoun. evocar is at rank #40,121, tagged as averb, pronounced /i.vu.ˈkaɾ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 43949, this pair ranks #21,617 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emoção vs evocar

Shared letters: eo. Private to "emoção": mãç. Private to "evocar": acrv.

"emoção" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "evocar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • evocar ← eovcar · evcoar · evoacr · evocarr · evoccar · evocra · evvocar · veocar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "emoção" and "evocar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "emoção" is a noun and "evocar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "emoção" or "evocar" show up more?
"emoção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,828 in our Portuguese list, against #40,121 for "evocar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "emoção" and "evocar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "emoção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evocar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,617 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emoção" and "evocar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "esboçar vs evocar". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #21,617 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list